Let him be great, and love shall follow him. Nothing is more deeply punished than the neglect of the affinities by which alone society should be formed, and the insane levity of choosing associates by others eyes.

There is no good theory of disease which does not at once suggest a cure.

I find it more credible, since it is anterior information, that one man should know heaven, as the Chinese say, than that so many men should know the world.

Wisdom is not found with those who dwell at their ease; rather nature, when she adds brain, adds difficulty.

By God, I will not obey this filthy enactment!

Accept the place the divine providence has found for you, the society of your contemporaries, the connection of events.

In nature nothing can be given. All things are sold.